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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Welcoming fall, lab-style: hot chocolate, cookies, and a little friendly trivia competition! 🍪🧠 A fun excuse to trade research questions for trivia questions and spend some time together outside our usual lab routine. Very grateful for this crew and a cozy start to the season at Duke University! 🍁

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Cook Center featured one of our amazing undergraduates recently! Way to go, Olivia!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We represented DukeLine with DuWell in raising awareness for World Suicide Prevention Month. Students shared 54 messages of hope: “The world is better with you in it.” “You are loved and needed here.” I love seeing our lab take the work we do around belonging beyond the lab 💙

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Excited to have been selected by Duke for funding some of our newest work looking to extend our peer mental health texting service, DukeLine! trinity.duke.edu/news/trinity...

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Trinity Funds Four New Faculty-Led Research Initiatives

The increased support for early-stage interdisciplinary research is bolstering efforts in biodiversity, statistics, mental health, philosophy, cultural heritage and more.

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We’re celebrating Sadaf and Madelyn and UROP! Sadaf joined from Wake Tech, exploring biracial Black socialization, Madelyn joined from Meredith College, studying multiracial Asian identity denial. Julia added a bonus one at Duke’s Summer Research Symposium on data visualization and threat! 🎉

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The lab helped out at the Durham County Sheriff’s Office Back-To-School resource fair this past weekend! We got to meet so many families!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Research question: Can repeated ice cream outings postpone the start of the semester? Results: No. Conclusion: More ice cream is needed to confirm these findings. 🍨 One month until classes begin, so we took time to “scoop” up a little summer before the semester gets underway. 🍦

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Another successful Cook Center Fellowship lunch! Nothing like chatting science in the summer!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A big congrats to Julia for finishing up our summer VIP program! She started work on her thesis testing how data visualizations can shift how we perceive information and threat!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Thank you, Hannah for EVERYTHING!! Go get that PhD!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Attending @spssi.bsky.social was amazing for @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social! He presented his current research examining how contextual factors shape the mental health of Multiracial Asian individuals which we are following up in the lab soon! #spssicon26

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The end of summer session 1 is here! The first mini goodbye to our lab manager Hannah too who is off to her PhD program soon!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Meet our new lab manager, Eliana! Home: San Francisco, CA Coming from: Haverford College Excited about: I am excited to manage the lab while being able to do research and for the free food since that's most peoples' top lab activity 🙂 Fun Fact: I've been playing volleyball since third grade.

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

One page. A lot of accomplishments! We had a great time at our lunch and resume workshop helping to translate research, leadership, and life experience into resume gold today! ✨

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

More lab alumni news! So happy for Sejal on Fulbright and Duke Law! What a super star!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Lab alumni news 🎉 🩺 Morgan Robinson—Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, VA 🩺 Uyen Nguyen—UC Davis School of Medicine 🩺 Serena Raj—University of Miami Miller School of Medicine dual MD/MPH program 💙 Nicole Izquierdo—Nursing Program at Florida International University

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Congratulations to our amazing Duke graduating class! 🎓 Thank you for the passion, leadership, and heart you’ve brought to our community—especially your work advancing diversity in science! Duke and your lab family will always be cheering you on! Class of 2026!!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

More congrats at the end of the academic year! Our amazing lab manager Hannah is off to the University of Hawaii to start her PhD and our postdoc Esha is off to a new research position at Wake Forest!! Woo hoo!

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Congrats to Mercedes on receiving Duke’s Forever Duke Award! This honor recognizes graduating students who truly embody the “Forever Duke” spirit—through leadership, service, and a deep commitment to their community. Mercedes is exactly that kind of person! Professor life here she comes!

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The end of the semester is here! There’s something fitting about ending this stretch of the academic year with a literal climb. 239 steps specifically and we did it! Cheers to another year of amazing science and friendship with my @dukeidlab.bsky.social!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It is LDOC today, so congrats to our seniors! Jalen is off to a Masters in Education program at Columbia, Krystal is off to a Masters in Mental Health Counseling program at Villanova, Kaitlyn is off to earn her nursing degree at Jefferson College, and Jaya will be working as an analyst at iCapital!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A big congrats to Jalen on successfully defending his honors thesis! His project focuses on what experiences boost flexible thinking outcomes for monocultural and multicultural children! Graduation with honors here he comes!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Check out some new coverage about our Duke Child Studies group and some of the great recruitment events we do such as the upcoming Science Expo! today.duke.edu/2026/04/duke...

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Duke Research at the NC Science Festival | Duke Today

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Our lab had a great time at the NC Carolina Conference in Cognition! @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social gave a talk on racial miscategorization and stereotype misattributions, Mariam gave a poster on children’s generalizations, and Madelyn presented on microaggressions for Multiracial Asian individuals!

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

As we head into the final month of the term @dukeidlab.bsky.social , our lab took a moment to slow down and reset through yoga 🧘‍♀️ Science demands focus, curiosity, and resilience. Taking time to center ourselves isn’t stepping away from the work, it’s supporting it!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Congrats to @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social on receiving the Aleane Webb Dissertation fellowship! His dissertation is titled “When we get it wrong: The occurrence and consequences of racially ambiguous misperceptions” and we can’t wait to get more data analysis and data collection going!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Last day @spspnews.bsky.social! Jalen presented his thesis on flexible thinking in kids, Mariam discussed identity denial attributions, Tose showed Black immigrant socializations, & @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social highlighted how context (Hawaii vs mainland) shifts identity denial outcomes! #spsp2026

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Day 2 @spspnews.bsky.social! A fun lab breakfast, Hannah presented on gesture and social interactions, Esha discussed gesture and word learning in kids, and @kirbylam.bsky.social highlighted masculinity norm violations! So much science! #spsp2026

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

A belated Day post here @spspnews.bsky.social! @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Mariam presented at preconferences their work on racial ambiguity and kid’s generalizations, and Julia presented her poster on random college roommates and flexible thinking outcomes! #spsp2026

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Honored to accept the Ambady Mentoring Award @spspnews.bsky.social on behalf of my advisor Sam Sommers who passed away last year. Sam built communities grounded in inclusion. A reminder that mentoring and expanding who belongs in our field isn’t secondary to our work. It is the work. #spsp2026

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Roses are red, Data are neat, Best lab around, Can’t be beat!!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Our lab has had a great time on BC plaza @duke-university.bsky.social talking all about the benefits of our peer texting mental health program Duke Line for students! Free hot chocolate was an added bonus while tabling! ☕️❄️

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Check out this amazing write up by highschoolers who interviewed me about @dukeidlab.bsky.social! www.dukevertices.org/blog/underst...

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Check out @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social presenting at the Duke Research Cafe! Lots of people connected with his work looking at multiracial identity denial! @duke-university.bsky.social

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We had a great time at the Duke Pre-Health Ivy League’s lab fair talking about our lab and Duke Line which is the anonymous peer mental health texting line we helped develop here @duke-university.bsky.social with Dr. Nancy Zucker!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

What’s an amazing holiday gift that not everyone has? A shiny new Masters degree! Big congrats to @kirbylam.bsky.social on passing his Masters thesis defense yesterday!!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Congrats to Avani, our summer highschool intern, who recently gave a talk on her work with Tose looking at Black socialization and identity at a conference at Elon University!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Big congrats to Mercedes Muñoz — a future professor of psychology at the University of Richmond 🥳 UR and the students there are so lucky to have her! 👏📚✨

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New paper! 🚨 We show that demographic forms can shape belonging. Across 4 studies, Latine Americans reported greater identity threat and exclusion when forms separated “race” and “ethnicity” or asked about citizenship—especially around major U.S. elections journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Grateful for our incredible lab team—their curiosity and care drive our science every day. 🧠💫 And heartfelt thanks to the adults, children, and families who make our research possible through their participation and trust. We couldn’t do this work without you. 🍂💛 #Psychology #Research #Gratitude

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Some coverage of some of our most recently published work!!!

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